Power plant · Mid Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Yaxley, Eye Airfield Industrial Estate - Battery Storage System
Yaxley, Eye Airfield Industrial Estate - Battery Storage System is a permitted battery storage plant in Mid Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, with 200 MW of capacity, operated by Field Yaxley Limited.
Facts
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| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Mid Suffolk (coordinates), England | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | S/o Eye Airfield Industrial Estate Castleton Way Yaxley, Eye, IP23 8AW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted (planning permission granted) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 4 Jul 2025 (permit DC/24/05535, Town and Country Planning Act, issued by Mid Suffolk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Application date | 20 Dec 2024 (reference DC/24/05535, planning authority Mid Suffolk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Decision date | 4 Jul 2025 (granted, reference DC/24/05535, planning authority Mid Suffolk) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Field Yaxley Limited (applicant) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 200 MW | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Battery (stand-alone storage) | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 52.3371, 1.1304 | DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) · Open Government Licence v3.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
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Dated events about this power plant from official notices and registers, newest first. All recent changes.
- Permit granted (planning authority Mid Suffolk, reference DC/24/05535)
- Permit applied for (planning authority Mid Suffolk, reference DC/24/05535)
How it compares
Yaxley, Eye Airfield Industrial Estate - Battery Storage System is the 173rd-largest of 1,650 power plants planned, permitted or under construction in England and the 269th-largest of 2,548 in the United Kingdom by capacity; its 200 MW is <0.1% of the 279,068 MW of power plants planned, permitted or under construction we hold for the United Kingdom. It is not built yet, so it is ranked among the power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data, apart from the ones running today. Ranks and totals cover the ones that report their capacity.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 173rd of 1,650 | 171,264 MW | 0.12% |
| United Kingdom | 269th of 2,548 | 279,068 MW | <0.1% |
| All power plants planned, permitted or under construction in our data | 745th of 5,799 | 657,076 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 3 transmission lines and 1 data center, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich to Tilbury | Transmission line | — | Planned | 28 km |
| LionLink Interconnector | Transmission line | — | Planned | 31 km |
| US Air Force data center, Brandon | Data center | — | — | 40 km |
| Bramford to Twinstead | Transmission line | — | Permitted | 41 km |
Operator and place
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- Eggborough1,960 MW
- Staythorpe1,828 MW
- Fiddler’s Ferry1,510 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.